{"product_id":"a-1580-dioscorides-herbal","title":"A 1580 Dioscorides Herbal Used by a Seventeenth-Century Parisian Apothecary","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eDioscorides, Pedanius (c. 40–90); Mathée, Martin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Six Livres de Ped. Dioscoride Anazarbeen, de la Matiere Medicinale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyon: Loys Cloquemin, 1580.\u003cbr\u003eQuarto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA witness to the practical use of early modern scientific literature. This complete herbal in contemporary calf is illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts of plants and animals, including a porcupine and seahorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe work presents the text of Dioscorides, an ancient Greek herbalist and pharmacologist, “the father of pharmacognosy”. Far from being preserved merely as a classical authority, this copy shows that Dioscorides remained central to European \u003cem\u003emateria medica\u003c\/em\u003e throughout the medieval and early modern periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis copy bears the 1650 ownership inscription of Philippe Bridou, who describes himself as “aspiring to the noble dignity and science of pharmacy.” Written seventy years after publication, the inscription identifies this volume as a working book in the professional training of a Parisian apothecary, whose apprenticeship under the maître apothicaire François Sanson is documented in contemporary archival records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis copy bears light signs of use which are consistent with sustained consultation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery rare\u003c\/strong\u003e. The USTC records just six copies held institutionally worldwide, five in France and one in the United Kingdom. No other copies are known in Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55082219209045,"sku":null,"price":7150.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1081\/7922\/6965\/files\/IMG_2259.jpg?v=1790111365","url":"https:\/\/antykwariat-woodward.com\/products\/a-1580-dioscorides-herbal","provider":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}